Category: General Blog Updates

So I’ve been laxed on the review uploads as of late, as the goal of hitting 800 total video game reviews before the end of 2020 seems less likely. However, things are picking up and reviews should be returning to the blog this week. Hoping to close out on 780 and I’m sticking with mostly smaller scale reviews, but this saves the “bigger” stuff for the front load of 2021, which will come along later.

Stay tuned for more details, I suppose.

Stomach issues, sadly, derailed any work to be done on the blog, so it’s light slimmings. On the one hand, this allows the Youtube side of things to catch up in regards to the video content. On the other hand, no new videos this week on the blog beyond, maybe one or two picks along the way.

However, those who missed my PPV Musings for whatever reason will be happy to learn that two new ones will be posted this week. Neither are current PPVs as I haven’t seen either one from this weekend, but they are old WCW shows relating to a certain gimmick that will be making a comeback on this week’s edition of NXT. So look forward to that eventually.

Other than that, everything is up in the air. If something comes up, it’ll be up… but videos have been curtailed yet again.

I swear the doughnut isn’t at fault. I recorded that video two weeks ago.

Did I mention how much I hate the new Blogger layout? Is there a premium option that lets me use the old, working Blogger instead of using the new, shitty one? Maybe I’ll get used to it in a couple years before they make another change that’s even worse.

So I suppose I’ll forgo plans for a “regular schedule” on this blog and stick with whatever’s ready for this year. Honestly, I’d be happy if 2020 can go fly a kite and we can move on to next year, where things might be… eh, I don’t want to jinx it.

Here’s a comforting thought; January will be the 100-Post Challenge, where I attempt to produce 100 pieces of material. Nothing concrete yet, but I can assure you that there will be no audio or video posts; it’ll either be written or imagery posts. The sooner we bury 2020, the better.

And once February hits, then we’ll have a “regular schedule” of sorts… but right after the X marathon that may or may not kick off next year’s review cycle.

Later.

So I’ll begin by saying that I’ve tried the new Blogger editing bits a couple times and I’ve hated it. Some things work better in the new system, like the search function. A better search function is not a good trade-off for something that is not particularly intuitive and user friendly. Eventually, like Youtube getting an unneeded change every few years, this is going to be the norm whether I like it or not, which makes me wonder if I should’ve jumped elsewhere, after all.

Oh well, I’ll try and make the most of it. A lot of old archived material is slowly making its way over to the blog and I’d imagine that process will be done by the end of the month. Also, next week will be the return of daily posts and a sustained schedule for both written and video bits. More details to come later.

Working on some videos this week and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to bang out five for next week, but fingers crossed because the work ahead is loathsome.

That’s all for now. Enjoy your week.

So, given all the bad wrestling press and all the bad people that have been exposed as a result, I’m thinking that I need a break from all this wrestling stuff. So for the next month or so – barring the eventual WWE 2K18 review posting to Youtube – I will refrain from posting anything related to wrestling. No PPVs, no AEW, or anything in between. I’m just not into that sort of thing anymore.

Maybe in August… but for now, I’ll fill the time with other stuff.

Quick notes of sorts…

– The SMB2 and SMB3 reviews will be up Thursday and Friday respectively. From there, expect the next few weeks after to be nothing but Tuesday and Friday reviews from then on.

– This week’s PPV Musings will be the AEW Double Or Nothing show from a few weeks ago and then next week will be the February 1997 In Your House PPV. For the four people wondering, I have not watched the Takeover show from yesterday.

– There will be no daily post tomorrow. The focus will be more on trying to build some stability to the website.

Continual downtime for another month or so and the lack of desire to go anywhere beyond basic essentials means spending more time working on the blog, including much needed work that I’ve held off for years and must get around to putting together.

Hey, folks. Hope you all had a very happy Easter weekend, even under these dire and unique circumstances of the world we currently inhabit. Sorry about the radio silence for the past couple days; I’ve been busy and all.

Anyway, I’ve got a couple big things to “announce with hopeful optimism that will eventually lead to utter disappointment when it doesn’t happen”  that I’ll save for after the break. I just want to start by letting everyone know that I’m taking a break from the blog for the week and regular updates will resume next Sunday, April 19th. Presumably, an audio upload if I’m feeling up to it, but it could a Sunday Gimmick Table if I’m also feeling up to it.

Anyway, on with the “big announcements”.

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So a bit of a minor update and more of an experiment… but I installed the Disqus comment system gimmick that everyone seems to be using these days. It’s a “basic” module, which means ads galore. But if it gets some interactivity, I might toss a couple bucks. So, we’ll give this a try.

Unfortunately, in my spring cleaning of removing some stuff, I may have gone a bit “delete crazy” and killed all the comments… oops.

I feel bad, because there was this nice chap who left comments on the Summerslam posts I did last year. And it turns out I could’ve imported all the old comments onto the new system… and now it’ll look like nobody comes here if I decide the Disqus thing isn’t for me… which isn’t that far off from the truth, to be honest.

Anyway, this is a thing I thought I’d try out.

Need a little more time to cook the review, so instead, you’re getting a Wily Challenge a day early and maybe the review will be up on Saturday.

So… I’m gonna have quite a bit of free time for the next couple weeks… and let’s just leave it at that until I feel compelled to share more. In the meantime, that might mean an uptake in worthwhile material… but I suspect time will be spent tending to others in the family and walking the dog.

In any event, I’ve got some reviews to put together. No clue as to when they’ll be ready to go, but it’ll be something to keep me occupied.

The DTM-Cast is on indefinite hiatus. Quite honestly, not in the mood at the moment.

The Mega Man Maker weekly video will presumably resume next Saturday as I restore my NSF replacements.

Classic Wrestling PPV musings will resume. No word on when other written features will resume.

That’s about it for now.

Be safe and keep clean.

Later.